CoalWire 239, August 2, 2018
Global coal power peak nears; South Korea aims to hike coal tax; power plant scandals in Thailand and Indonesia; Is Japan finally turning away from coal?; Adani submits low-cost plan for Australian coal port expansion.
CoalWire 238, July 26, 2018
Arrests stall Indonesian plant; Drummond executive convicted of corruption; Polish mercury data challenged.
CoalWire 237, July 12, 2018
Indian coal port closed due to uncovered coal; Norway drops Buffet company; Canadian CCS plan scrapped; Administrative appeal against Taiwanese plant; US officials accuse Canada of covering up coal pollution data.
CoalWire 236, July 5, 2018
Philippines coal plant canned; Swiss Re begins coal retreat; over 200 arrests at Czech mine protest; HSBC and Standard Chartered are making a killing on coal in Southeast Asia.
CoalWire 235, June 28, 2018
Pakistan court blocks coal port; Philippines province votes against mine; 200 arrested over Indian coal port pollution.
CoalWire 234, June 21, 2018
4000MW Indian plant axed; NZ rejects public land bid for mine; Chinese coal-to-gas project rejected; Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects rapid decline for coal and lignite; Trump's bailout plan does little to deter utilities’ coal closure plans.
CoalWire 233, June 14, 2018
CoalWire 232, June 7, 2018
Australian coal terminal scrapped; Turkish public backs clean energy; India looks to boost clean energy target; China’s solar cap to drive costs down.
CoalWire 231, May 31, 2018
RBS ends loans for new coal plants and thermal coal mines; Polish coke plant to close; US council requires coal stockpiles to be enclosed.
CoalWire 230, May 24, 2018
Benefits for babies from coal plant closures; Netherlands and New York set coal end dates; Vietnam proposes coal tax hike; Adani’s Vietnam pitch; Dutch pension fund dumps coal.
CoalWire 229, May 17, 2018
New South African power plan nears; Swedish ‘green steel’ pilot plant; outlook for Adani sours.
CoalWire 228, May 10, 2018
Insurance companies and banks in Germany, Japan and Belgium cut coal exposure; Spanish utility may exit coal by 2020; Adani Power’s losses in India climb.
CoalWire 227, May 3, 2018
CoalWire 226, April 26, 2018
Vietnamese clean air advocate wins Goldman Prize; historic win in Russia; two Japanese coal plants in doubt; India’s new energy plan trims coal growth; Another legal setback for US coal port plan; Indian coal over-invoicing investigation revived.
CoalWire 225, April 19, 2018
China crimps coal imports; seaborne market set to decline; Eskom’s coal supply crisis.
CoalWire 224, April 12, 2018
Myanmar blocks coal plant; Finland to end coal power by mid-2029; India accelerates coal plant retirements.
CoalWire 223, April 5, 2018
Vietnamese MP opposes more coal plants; legal challenge to South African coal plant; poll reveals majority support for Australian coal phase-out.
CoalWire 222, March 29, 2018
South Korean province aims for coal-free power; UK vetoes new mine; Bulgarian court blocks plant expansion; mass rally against NSW coal mining; Coal India fined US$1.3 billion for breaching licences;
CoalWire 221, March 22, 2018
New coal plant pipeline keeps shrinking; China to tighten pollution goal; India targets bad loans; Study argues a rapid shift away from fossil fuels could save 153 million lives.
CoalWire 220, March 8, 2018
Rio Tinto faces investor revolt; German coal plant closures; Eskom under pressure to close old plant; widespread coal ash contamination of US groundwater revealed; Adani keeps lobbying for subsidies.